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Hertz and Michelson

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 August 2017

Irwin I. Shapiro
Irwin I. Shapiro*
Affiliation:
Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, MA, USA

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I have mixed feelings about giving the opening talk at this symposium. On the one hand I am delighted to welcome you to this conference on the impact of VLBI on astrophysics and geophysics. On the other hand I am very sad that Ed Purcell is bothered by a bad back and cannot give the introduction as originally scheduled. Ed is one of the truly great of the world's physicists and one of the nicest persons ever born. My substituting for Ed is somewhat like Bill Buckner pinch hitting for Lou Gehrig. (Those who do not understand this reference to American baseball might have a better appreciation after viewing tonight's Red Sox game.)

Type
Extragalactic
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 129: The Impact of VLBI on Astrophysics and Geophysics , 1988 , pp. 1 - 6
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1988 

References

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2. Livingston, D.M. The Master of Light (Scribner's, New York, 1973).Google Scholar